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, 1887-02-25
WHO FIRST DISCOVERED GOLD,
A California Woman Gives the Credit ts
John Denton.

A California Woman Gives the Credit to
John Denton.
The closing days of 1916 presented a
far different scene to the eyes of Mrs.
John NJ. Murphy, of San jose, and sister
of Mrs. Lewis than the closing days of
1896. Then she wa at Bonner lake with
II party hemmed in by snow and
anxiously waiting for the relief which
did not come for weeks afterward.
1T is a curious fact, " she began, "that
the credit of the gold discovery was never
given to the man to whom it rightfully
belongs. 1t was discovered in the winter
of '4G and AZ in a cabin in which we
were at Bonner lake, seated by a fire,
each busy with his or her own thoughts.
That awful time at Donner lake is as
firmly imbedded in my memory Us If ham
mered there by hammers of iron. As 1
said, we were seated around the fire
when John Denton, a gunsmith by trade.
while knocking of chips of the rocks on
which the wood was placed. saw some
thing shining. He examined it and pro-
nounced it gold. he then knocked off
more chips from the rocks, and hunted in
the ashes for more Of the shining parti-
cles. until he had gathered a tablespoon
full. He wrapped tho gold in q piece Of
buckskin and put it in his pocket. When
the first relief party came he went out
with it, but died on the way, and the gold
was buried with him. When 1 saw my
father, Mr.. Reed, I told him of tho cir
cumstance, and, says he, III John Den
ton says that that is gold, it is gold, for
he knows My father intended to go
back to Bonner lake to search for the
precious metal, but before he started
gold wa discovered at Suffers fort,
hence he did not return to the lake. L
think hat if a thorough search is made
gold can be found at the present day at
the lake or near it. Not much gold has
since been found there, because no regu-
Lar prospect has been made for it.
Il have been told that the rocks which
we used in the fireplace were washed
down to the lake from a mountain, in
which gold WINS, but this mountain was
probably many miles away from the
lake.
when any one asks me about the dis
covery Of gold, l say that John Denton
was the first discoverer of gold in Cali
fornia. Santa Cruz Sentinel.
, 1887-02-25

That a communicating and foreign element
in the blood. developed by indigestion, is
the cause of rheumatism. This settles
upon the sensitive sub-cutaneous covering
Of the muscles and ligaments OF the joints,
causing constant and shifting pain, and
aggregating as a calcareous, chalky de-
post which produces stiffness and distor-
ton of the joints. No fact which eI-
~perience has demonstrated in re-
gard to Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters has stronger evidence to sup
port than this, namely, that this
medicine Of comprehensive uses checks
the formidable and atrocious disease, nor
is it less positively established that it is
preferable to the poisons often used to ar
rest it. since the medicine contains only
s~alutary Ingredients. II is also q signal
remedy FOR malariAl fevers, constipation,
dyspepsia, kidney and bladder ailments,
debility and other disorders. See that
you get the genuine.
, 1887-02-25

In SUPPORT Of his personal attacks upon
the president, Mr.. Wsttsrsan has CAUSED
~ets from senatorial speeches in a line
WIN hls oUg- particular views to be telc-
sraphedI from Washington to the journal
he edits. The obicc. Of this action is to
prove that the presidents failure to break
his campaign pledges has weakened him
with the people, meaning the Democratic
masses, but it fails disastrously to prove
anything of the kind. In the first place,
if the people were dissatisfied on that ac-
count they would probably have sense
enough 10 conceal their Inconsistency, and
IN The next, they would hardly select as
the .nokosmeu the men who have led
them ~ defeat iur "A full generation. Mr..
Watterson should try again and not let
passion blind his judgment before making
the next attempt.
, 1887-02-25

Great excitement has been caused in
Paris, Tex, by the remarkable recovery
OF j. +. Corley. who was so helpless he
could not turn in bed, or raise his head;
everybody said he was dying of consump-
ton. A trial bottle of DR.. Kings New
Medical Discovery was sent him. Finding
relief he bought a large bottle and n box
of DIR. Kings New Life Pills; by the time
he had taken two boxes Of pills and two
bottles of the discovery. he was well and
had gained thirty-six pounds. Trial bot
ties Of this great discovery for consump'
ton free at w. N. Hunts.
, 1887-02-25

The effect of heredity and environment
Oh character and conduct should be care
fully studied by those who aspire to the
work of philanthropists. 1t will be de-
pressing at first; it will make humanity
seem like clay in the hands of memorable
and remorseless forces; but it will save
M immense waste of time and effort and
means, and, by and by, the depression
will change to hope, rs it is seen that the
same law that necessitates degenerations
under certain conditions, under others
works MISUNDERSTANDING II. Brad
ford in Andover Review.
, 1887-02-25

EVERY little while a vessel comes to
port after a stormy passage on the Allan
tic and reports the successful use of oil to
lessen the force Of waves at sea, The
cumulative testimony upon this point is
becoming SO strong that the most skep-
teal must be convinced OF the fact that
ther, is some virtue in greasing storms.
, 1887-02-25

The alleged temperance people in New
York, who are working with the liquor
sellers to defeat high license, use rs an
argument hat high license has been a
failure in Illinois. This will be news to
the people of our territory, who have been
accustomed to think that the high license
system in Illinois has been a decided sue
, 1887-02-25

Our PERSONALITY inyloIntr,
SO sacred, awful and mysterious,
Bound In the enigmatic house Of fate
Who is there shall unbar the door for U.S.
The mother holds her child close to her knee;
Alas for the deceptive dream Of speech,
For In the souls dim Businesses doth each
From each one dwell apart as II n sea
Ran leagues between themi Naked and alone
We come into the world Our sole appeal
Is our great father Time, with lips of stone
Gods one true prophet shall all things reveal.
Joseph Dana Miller in Boston Transcript.
, 1887-02-25

D. w. Morris, wholesale and retail
druggist. 1879 Commercial street. Emporia,
Kan. Jan. 10, 1887. To CHAMBERLAIN
& Co., Des Moines, Ia: Gentlemen-In
sending to you the enclosed order for q
gross OF your Cough Remedy, allow me to
say that without any exception 1t is the
best selling goods now in the market. !
have sold a great amount of it during the
past year to the citizens of this place, and
have the first complaint to hear. 1t is the
best article to use for Group | ever sold,
being pleasant to take, which Is an i'm
portant feature where children have to
take medicine. Sold by Dr. W. N. Hunt
, 1887-02-25

Now the train ststts. The postal clerk
has been pulling heavy pouches around
Of throwing letters into the boxes for
half an hour, and if no is unused to the
work his muscles begin to feel tired.
But he must not quit or take rest, even
for Il moment, because his labor has just
begun. He must brace himself up and
enter upon a desperate game of follow
my leader-the leader being a man who
has been in the service for years and has
worked himself up from an apprentice to
the high and mighty office of chief clerk
in charge of the car, whose power is for
the time as absolute as that of tho car of
oil the Russias. As the train dashes
along all these clerks must continue their
work, now made 100 per cent. harder by
the swaying Of the car. They must brace
themselves first n way and then
another, always keeping up that cease
less throw, throw, throw, not for one
hour or two, but for eight or ten hours,
taking on additional pouches as the train
flies through the country at n ~breakneck
speed, and throwing off other pouches as
the stations are passed, all the while in n
state Of uncertainty AZ to whether the
pouch knocked out the small boy stand
ing on the station platform, or landed in
the middle of the corniield near by.
The train does not stop at any but i'm
portant towns, and the postal clerks must
take chances on the pouch they throw off
to the rural postmaster striking the
ground anywhere within "A quarter of u
mile Of him. By the Kline the clerk has
got to the end OF his run, the place being
Chtaatra ~ Inttfa pfffcltrn Grafton
, 1887-02-25
eumer

The defiant u.terances of the Mormon
newspaper organs over the new anti-polyR-
amy law sound very much like the whist
ling Of = man in a graveyard to keep his
courage up.
, 1887-02-25

MINNESOTA has a newly enacted high
license law. In st. Peter. one of the
principal interior cities in the state, one
half Of the present saloons only will take
out licenses under the new law.
, 1887-02-25

HER name is Mrs. George Clark and
she bosses a farm zeal Niobrara- Her
claims to fame rest on 700 bushels Of corn
husked last fall to replenish the family
purse and to break the monotonous round
Of domestic duties.
, 1887-02-25

1T was 81 still in the hail. said Dob
bins, speaking of the concert, "that you
could have heard n pin drop" "Nas
there "A large audience asked Peterhy.
THE house was half full lis that
alls Hum! you ought to neal the silence
there when there is full hosse. Oh. it's
something grandi'-Td Bits.
, 1887-02-25

IPTHE agents of European governments
are hunting for horses for military pur-
poses, it is strange that they do not try
South America. That is the greatest horse
country in the world, in proportion to the
population. and live stock is very cheap
, 1887-02-25

Ii Secretary Bayard should marry a
young wife, as the gossips say he will, the
present administration would easily beat
the record for weddings. And Secretary
Whitney has a new baby to help on the
, 1887-02-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for disrrhUa- Twenty-Five
cents a bottle. g.
, 1887-02-25

The Ohio legislature is wrestling with a
bill to prohibit the presentation of fraud
ulent gas account That is a gas BILL
that will be generally 20. KID by con-
armara
, 1887-02-25

Eyes, says Jenkins, Il am one of those
fellows that can drink or let it alone.
When l am where it is l can drink; when
l am whcrc it is not | can let 1t alone -
Detroit Free Press.
, 1887-02-25

Fiction stalks about and talks to every
one, pushing history and the Muses. aside
at pleasure. Notice what the people at
Cincinnati read at the public library:
Theology, III volumes; philosophy and
education, 201 volumes; biography, 5G3
volumes; history, 995 volumes; geog-
raphy and travel. 479 volumes; politics
and commerce, go volumes; science and
art. 702; poetry and drama, 1854; fiction,
5000; ~polygraphy. 535.-Christian at
Work.
, 1887-02-25

A BILL is pending before the Pennsyl-
vania legislature making two-thirds of a
jury sufficient to acquit or convict. and it
seems in a fair way to become a law.
, 1887-02-25

QUEEN MARaHERITA, OF Italy, does all
her own shopping and is very well able to
take care of herself in managing her do
mestic affairs.
, 1887-02-25

Proposals FOR Publishing the ReyIred
statutes OF Wyoming.
Proposals will be received at the Office
Of the revision and compilation commits.
sion. Room 6. Delaware block, Cheyenne,
Wyoming, until March Is, 1887, for the
printing and binding of the Revised
Statutes of Wyoming, as provided in an
act Of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of
the territory, entitled an Act to adopt
and establish the Revised Statutes of
Wyoming, and providing for the editing
and publishing of the same" approved
March 10, 1886. The specifications, re-
quirements and restrictions relating to said
work may he obtained on application to
Frederic s. Hebard, clerk Of the commits
sion.
The commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
j. w. BLAKE,
WILLIS VAN DEvANrER.
ISAAC p. CALDWELL,
Commissioners.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. s, 1887.
, 1887-02-25
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

INrkHo OF oODoORIf FOF
Daily, delivered by carrier. CSC per week.
Daily, bv mail. 81 DOR month. s5.oo TOR six
months, SO per year, "a. advance.
Weekly 42.5O per annum, sl.0 for six months.
payAble In advance.
, 1887-02-25

TuIQ nADED may be found on fis at Geo
Iuy0 HUfSu NOVEL; 4 Cos Newspaper Al
sssasss,SSE. 5sssi = 90 n sgrS rs YeiES WcaY;sS55RatI2s
, 1887-02-25

DAILY LEADER. all transient advertisements
% cents per line each insertion. 8 consecutive
ASSERTIONS : cents per line one month 3 cents
,or line-
Minor mention notices, among local reading
matter, Is cents per line each Insertion.
WEEKLY LKADKR, all transient advertise
mouts rs cents per line nrst insertion one
month, 70 cents per line /; SIX months 10 cents
DER line ono year 8 cents per line. Marriage
Aad birth notices Sl.U each. No advertisement
Inserted for less than Is cents.
Ii. Publisher.
, 1887-02-25
MONM OF the good things of this

alone on account OF Dyspepsia Lckers
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia.
Indigestion and Constipation: sold on a
Pearse 4 McGill, Druggists.
, 1887-02-25

Legal blanks of all kinds at the Leader
Office.
, 1887-02-25

In all its branches by W. ELLIOTT, on Eighteenth
street, one door west of the old stand. Singlefoot
All kind of wagon work done first class.
, 1887-02-25

~. q. BAIRD and A. q. CAMpBELL). AT
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Chey
second floor, St5bbins & Post S bank block.
, 1887-02-25

Successor to H. S. Oliver, FIRE INSURANCE
None but "timc-tried and fre-tested'' compani'
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
, 1887-02-25

CHEYENNE, WYOMING, operated by the 2.
cic Hotel Company, Lesses of all Hotels and Eal
ion Pacific Railway Company. Transient rate S. e
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

three attempts at suicile--two o,
which were sii.ressful. some Of the
victims arc dismissed Government
clerks, others are cranks, or penniless
strangers. and some are residents OF
the city who become despondent and
find life not worth living. Only this
week the police arrested "A recently dis
charged Government clerk, who had
ltlst shot himself and was wildly flour
ishlng two pistols, to the imminent
peril Of his family and of his land.
lady.
President Cleveland has Withdrawn
to he seclusion of Oak View for sev
eral weeks vacation, and announces
his purpose not to visit the White
House during that period. except to
attend to important public business.
With the single exception OF Secretary
Bayard, all OF the Presidents official
family, including Private Secretary
Lamont, ARE ON their vacation. and
Washington il at its dullest now.
Tor when you take away the Chief
Magistrate, the Cabinet. and Congress
the city's chief attractions are gone.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

What is iie President , saiari. Ji.,.
question IL often asked aud j. not al
ways satisfactorily answered When
yoi say that tn. Chief Magistrates,
salary of SiD.on IA year tn. who-
-'orv H. no; told. BESIDES this uc:, rly
al his EXPENSES are paid. His privat.
secretary. Tia. clerk. .,oorkeep~rs,
me- -ensr> and TIA. steward or butler
dtHl iilrs otli"r servants inrludlinr !,
fireman. .o,i th" \s.tiolf -. Sta "a
year ami thcr. H. n r.s1lt ir.!.ini .und j.
- 600 /, wear i,.si,l,~
Then IN iururt urc atfl repairs tu tlr-
iIife House the sum oi Si6.psss
uiois - TO lr- u ,,i a, the pre.id. ~
"."s tit. and Tor iIrl .lun, X; 900 "
allowed. f"r ii,c nrcs-..ry repairs %
the :,o.n house thor. :. 1000 more.
\ total of - 1 So ,3v expense. or
nearly 81 600 mote tiIan IN, s,l.r,
The salary Of S5o.oo0 niak.> a total
Of STA. SSh besides the use of the
White House These ar the farf>
Nhat H. '"'i f"azf ou Il il.n' Is
- w. !-lt = -.4i1.y l.'s -, = ou-h -,
uf5r
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

" hen you give your cellar it's -priu.
cleaning. add "a little copperas- water
, and salt to the whifewash.
Sprinkling salt on the tops and nj
the bottoms oi garden wallis is said to-
keep snails from, climbing ,Ip or down,
For relief from heartburn or dysrr.,..
sia drink a little cold water in which,
has been dissolved n t.as,,oonfnl of
salt.
Ink stains on linen can be taken ont
f, ii the stain is iirsst washed in .tro,.,
SIT and water and then spon.el with
lemon iIie.
For weeds IN the grass pta n p,,,cl,
or two of salt in the middle of each.
and. unless II shower washes il of. il
vii. kill the weeds.
For stains on the hand. not hing i.
hefter than little salt. Will eno,,oh
.enon luice to moi-ten il dubbed on
ih' spots and then washed of in clenr
water.
In BASIN nj water salt. of course.
tails Ia the bottom; 50 n.vrr soak sal,
hsl, with the skin side down H. ihr
salt will tall to the SKIN and reui.r,,
there.
Salt and mustard II teaspoonful of
each, followed with sweet oil. melted
butter or milk, l. the antilotc for
Fowler solution, white precipitair oi
arsenic
For wsuf'- IN p;v.in.i,i~ or sravei
walks, make n strong brine of roars.
salt and boiling water; put the br,nc
~ "a >prinlslllg can and water th.
weeds thoroughly, being careful not 40
lrt any on the prine get on the grass Or
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

An army officer nov IA Chrayp
asked the her day: do YOU hr,ox
where he exact geographical center al
the nite'i States is, Never thought
anything about it, probably? We'll.
li> marked by "a grav .-.hat oi Mai.
Ogden of the United State. army. VII,
died at For Riley. il. Kansas. in So.
during the cholera e,idemrc of that
year. Mao Ogden'> re,iaiis were. af-
terwar'is removed to F.rt I..aven-
worth and buried in til. National
Cemetery there, but hIs monument
still stands on "a knoll n lrfle TO th.
northeast of the post Fort Riley
and il lifts its head toward the cloud,
IN the exact geographical center of the
United states. This isn't - conr,lr:
its fart, though probably of the
hundreds of men HOW nt 'i," tort not
one in n hundred ever stops to think
about it. Fort Riley il a few miles
east OF .Iuiniion tity, Kansas. and is
one oi the most important cavalry
posts III the country Tribrnn..
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15
SILVER NUGGETS

Silver WIS extremely ab,,nd,u, !,
amcient INES.
The richest silver mine in ia, unrI.
is potosi.
Total pro,Iuct of s,,,.,. j., x,,.,J.,
S:,5o O,n, 0on - ''''
I Animal u;I,.... I,. q,
Aneri,., ss, mn, an, ''
vY,..,,,. .,.s
III. P ~ hl'i'e9 oi
'N~'''''' 'e'' ~ oe s''''""'.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

Writing of Thomas Jefferron's home
at Monticello, Frasfh- n -sejjttockr0r

Writing of Thomas .Iefferron's 8 home
at Monticello. Frss.k- n R-ejeY -.jeucarovYY
says in the Century The house was
not richly furnished, although it con-
tained all that was needed, Mr. Jeffer-
sons chief attention in the way of
adOrnment being to that which would
be permanent; the floor, for instance.
of the large semi.Octagonal room back
Of the great hall was made of fine
cherry and beech laid in handsome
pattern, and is still in perfect coudi.
tion. But many of the visitors ofdis-
I tinction from this country and foreign
lands who used to flock to this hospit
able mansion never saw these beai,ti.
fui hoors, for Jefferson frequently en-
tertained the most distinguished COM
pany long before his house was fin
ished, when the doors were made Of
unplaned boards, the floors of loos.,
planks, and the walls of his house I'M.
plastered
Over the door of the western from,
was the clock which had one face for
the porticO and another for the hail
! am told that n clockmaker was
brought over from Germany to n,ake
this clock. and another for the univ.r-
sity, and that he afterwart started a
nol'rlshing business in Charlottesville.
The weights of this clock, which ran
eight days. We're cannon ball, s,s
pended 10y chains in the front corners
OF the hall and descending into tn. eel
'sr through ho:cs IN he tlOJr. A. one
oi these ha'l- made its weekly Journey
down the wall u touched and turned
over The frst thing every nIorn;i 4 ~
metal plate ON which was painted the
day oi the week. There was a weather
vaLe on top OF the house. but as Mr..
Jefferson did not care to 60 ont at uiI
hours and in all kinds Of weather ,,
ste which way the wind was blowing.
tins vane was connected by a rod with
n dial under the roof of the porch. So
that it WAS only necessary to step
out si'lr the door and look I'M mt this
dial to See to what quarter the hand
upon 1t was pointing. Another very
furious cOntrivance was a little dumb
waiter. not more than six inches wide.
which ran from the wiIe-cellar to th..
lining room. its upper opening being
covered with movable panel in the
woodwork Of the n,antelpiece. In this
were two shelves. eacjf
)ne large enough to contain ~ bottle
d WINE; the butler put these in place
u the cellar. and when the rnas,.r
vnntest then, he pulled them up.
Not only in his hDus but IN It's
oun's JefIerson' ingenuity give it
eif full scope. IN order that everyonr
night take whatever degree of exercise
nciinatiOn or the weather made ,lesir
bic several 'roum'abouts" were lad
ut on the varying surface oi the
% intain. These We're walks or roads
,blc4 pvirpnsi the -hprse, one -L..i,,s -
'om the mansion, while the longest
as several miles in extent. i'm ore
ar. running 10y the banks OF the river
wanna at the base of the mountain.
!ere one could walk or drive around,
ways amid fair scenery. and some
mes reaching points from which could
e had the most lovely views of far.
.ietcbing plains and mountains.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15
C.. Tile Thieves kii;cd.

AIBrQUERQrE, n. NJ, Sept. 5.-A
desperate shooting aifray took plac.
last night at lIobrook. Apache
county, Ariz.. in which Andy Cooper
and his half-brother, Samuel Blevins.
were killed by Sheriff Owens. and John
Blevins and Nose B. Roberts wounded.
the former slightly, the latter mortal,
lN. The men killed and wounded have
been members Of IA desperate gang of
cattle thieves. who have been u terror
to the lay-abiding citizens of Yavapai
and Apache counties, and openly
boastel that the officers were afraid
to arrest them. They have lately
been engageI IN lie cattle MAE III ,Ea,,-
to Basin, in which several lives have
been lost. Sheriff MuIvenon. of Yay-
apal county, accompanied by Deputy
Sleriffs Francis and O.lcll, have been
IN pursuit of this gang for several
weeks, but have been unable to effect
their capture. On Monday last Sher
i'll Owens, learning that the four men
hid arrived in lfoibrOOk. and were re-
siding IN u small. house near the rail
road track, armed himself with "A
Ninches'e" and started alone to ar
rest he de.peradoes. Arriyin. at the
house he knocked, al,l upon the door
being opened by Andy cooper, the Of
|icer informed him that he had "a war
rant for his arrest. The only reply r,.-
eiv we'd was "A bullet, which las.rl
through the sheriff coat. fortunately
injuring him. The fire wa. re-
turned and Cooper fell dead. Tie
shooting then became general. Ovens
.ook position ~ the window. shoot
ns all three OF the men inside of the
house. Saniuel Blcrins. one @. the
,illed. Is "a boy only IL years of age.
,ut fully as desperate as his Older
ompanlons. The coroner's jury ex- I
sheriff Owens, who has tn.
of ~" "n'ire community.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15

Mother Il" 'i1ngh'rri "Wlrv. riy
dear toii nFr not gpIir. to church
without cor-,'i~. frt' yoIIs
lliu.iter -',lrs. inilru.a. It's an
rc cftafH festival. YOU know. and |
want tu accept DETERMINATIONS Mr.
Wiite'lok.r sty- he chur,h j. ha,IlN
IN dshi New Work ~ur
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15
r'ue to Life

\ man n1s seen la'e!y III london 20
shake preitily dee~-.ti ,hild who
scre1nied most lIteou-lV Fnallv b-.
threw It 10 the pavenl,ut ana stamped.
upon Y tor which hr wa. iro, kri
down b. an U.a'E't9' .v4. u..l.. wiz
-. :....I-. - ..- . 90. .-f.t.. - --7-
= ta, 49, e. - ,l5.4+fl=4-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15
Morning Sport.

Ella, sand Clara. ~ the. Vs..
seated on the veranda oi their coun-
t:yboardins-house. Tw-n. fishin:uith
Charley this morning
Win. Il! you catchf
! t.-:---- '-..r'ey. --%e. Yo--